Invincible Iron Man #4 features Tony Stark in a raw state, with his back against the wall and seemingly no way to win. It establishes his next big threat while setting up the involvement of the X-Men. Tie the villain's past to big Marvel moments on Mars, and you have the start of something that could change things forever. Read Full Review

Luckily for fans of the character, Duggan's script in issue #4 stands out incredible well, reducing the egomaniac Avenger to his most vulnerable and the end result is a comic that's as uncomfortable as it is personal. Read Full Review

Frigeri delivers some explosive art throughout the issue. The fight between Iron Man and Feilong is visually exciting and I love the style of the art. Read Full Review

Duggan and Frigeri continue dragging Tony down, but the pace is a tad slow. It feels like hes clearly writing for the trade, which could lead to fans just not caring, or losing interest quickly. Frigeris style reads differently here than it did in Captain Marvel, Avengers, and the last volume of Guardians. Its not a bad thing, its giving us a more subdued feel in the book. I cant wait to see what happens when we get to the big battles. Read Full Review

Invincible Iron Man #4 solidifies the big bad and sets Tony up for a new showdown that he hasnt seen before. Its actually pretty cool to see him tangle with a different smart, intelligent, billionaire tech giant than the usual suspects. Plus, its also exciting to see the Krakoan connections as well. Nevertheless, even after laughing at a few of the well-timed jokes and watching the hero get his shots in, fans dont learn a whole heck of a lot about Feilongs true devilish intentions. Readers merely get the villain, a small battle, and no real cliffhanger other than one that could be interesting from Jennifer Walters. But even that cliffhanger was subtle. And ultimately, that word summarizes Invincible Iron Man #4 subtle. It wasnt bad nor was it wild and explosive. It was just subtle. Read Full Review

The writing and character work remain strong, but the big villain reveals leaves a lot to be wanting. Read Full Review

There's not much to say about The Invincible Iron Man #4 because not much happens. Tony confronts Feilong. Words are exchanged. Blows are exchanged. And the combatants leave to fight another day. There are no surprises or revelations; calling this a setup issue is a gross overstatement. Read Full Review

Tony doing good all things considered. So nice to see!

Definitely the best issue so far. This was just on a different level than the previous three issues, though everything's been good reading so far. I thought the confrontation between Tony and Feilong was really well-written. I especially liked the line from Tony about Feilong's father. Awesome stuff here and I hope this series continues with an upwards trajectory, in terms of its quality.

The real Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg.

Tony finally stops gathering wool and pitying himself and gets tore into a fight with a proper nemesis. The art does a formidable job conveying the confrontation, both in talking and zapping.

Feilong is nicely built up into an antagonist tailor-made for Tony. I particularly like the way Tony is half-aware of the obvious similarities that make Feilong such a good foil.

The premise of this issue's fight is incredibly stupid, but the script does a terrific job of convincing me that the participants take it seriously.

Put it all together and it's a solid issue that finally, finally accomplishes the key mission of making me care about this volume.

Plus, that's a cracking good guest star reveal at the end. more

caught up to this series. Pretty good comic book series, Iron Man is on a roll. Gonna add this to the pull list.

Duggan slowly merges Iron Man with X-men and I don't know if I am truly on board with this idea.